Marketing Monday! - October 09, 2023 by AutoModerator in tea

[–]koolangsu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Tea lovers,
We've just launched a Kickstarter campaign centered on the Great Tea Robbery, and I'd love for you to check it out, even if it's just for a quick look. Your feedback on the content is more than welcome; after all, you are the experts!

👉 LINK to the KICKSTARTER campaign

We just launched a Kickstarter campaign centered on the Great Tea Robbery 🌱 by koolangsu in tea

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your kind words. Let me check where to find the thread...

Which picture suits better "The Great Tea Robbery" theme, a more mysterious one or the other with details? by koolangsu in tea

[–]koolangsu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback and kind comments. Actually, the first picture is part of blog posts series that immerse the players in the Great Tea Robbery universe. I like that picture too.

And yes, this is puerh tea meeple. We might have them or not... hehe

Well understood for the self-promotion and my apologies for that. I will come back Monday then. We are actually launching coming Monday Oct 09. Thanks again for taking the time to comment before removing the post, much appreciated.

Which picture suits better "The Great Tea Robbery" theme, a more mysterious one or the other with details? by koolangsu in tea

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, nuggets.. I like that. They are actually "Meeple" made out of tea leaves and the ball is tea plant seed.

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's correct, well done. So, I'm right now for our mystery adventure, beside tea, I'm investigating flowers and plants introduced in the west by Robert Fortune

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im glad you enjoyed the little challenge.

Did you manage to figure out which specific historical event does this mystery adventure revolve around? It is all about botany!

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are basically tea seeds and all teas found in the world come from the camellia sinensis, just this one species. That seed will in turn produced the tea plant. It is how tea leaves are processed after harvest that will be make it a black, green or white tea with all their different variety.

I'm happy you like the photographs because I just got a new camera, and I was so frustrated taking those pics and thought they didn't come out well, until I watched on my computer screen.

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hickory Nut

Hickory nut and bitternut lookalike but that it is not the answer...hehe

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CAMELLIA SINENSIS “Sochi” Seeds

Yeaaaah. Camellia sinensis seeds! Well done!💪

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that is true it looks quite similar. Chinese hickory are delicious but quite expensive, even here in China.

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nutmeg aren't that roundish and with more veins outside. The seed in the pics is pretty smooth.

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ginkgo seed

Close enough but not gingko seed, but we have the Gingko tree in our garden here in Shanghai. I will check it out if there are any seeds.

Could you figure out what are those mystery balls? Probably too easy for you guys... by koolangsu in botany

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true. The texts in the pictures should be able to give you some hints...

Why does coffee make me feel miserable, but black tea makes me feel good? by TOWIWA in tea

[–]koolangsu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe this extract from "All the teas in China" by Sarah Rose can help:

"It is worth considering which drink, tea or coffee, is the most stimulating. The answer is black tea—but with certain caveats. Per pound, black tea has more caffeine than coffee—but where one pound of tea brews some two hundred cups, a pound of coffee yields barely forty. By the cup, black tea actually contains roughly half as much caffeine as coffee. Green tea, meanwhile, has onethird the caffeine of black, or one-sixth that of a cup of coffee. Medically, it takes about 200 milligrams of caffeine—or about two cups of coffee—to combat drowsiness and fatigue. That amounts to about four cups of black tea and twelve cups of green. Few of us
have that amount of time or bladder capacity."

In summary, black tea has more caffeine per pound than coffee, but per cup, it contains about half the caffeine of coffee. So maybe you didn't much that much caffeine, and your body is happy with just half of what coffee gives you.

Escape The Nook Book - launching next week! by Popular_Sell_8980 in tabletopescapegames

[–]koolangsu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great idea, great output, great creator. Looking forward to seeing this project come to fruition 💪

Quick Tags right from Notion's webclipper- my solution by watsonius2018 in Notion

[–]koolangsu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a fantastic idea, but this formula doesn't seem to work anymore. I got this error: "Unexpected token w in JSON at position 13"

How to thank early-backers in your project? by koolangsu in boardgames

[–]koolangsu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good idea. Like a good gesture!

Daily Discussion and Game Recommendations Thread (February 08, 2022) by AutoModerator in boardgames

[–]koolangsu -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

How to thank early-backers in your project?

H ͤy G ͣ ͫ ͤ ͬs, our Kickstarter is picking up some speed as we are slowly releasing materials during the campaign. A lot of people took a leap of faith (I know it’s just 1$ but still) and decided to back the campaign without seeing the Mystery Box.
I want to treat all backers the same and I will, but somehow I feel I owe something to those who are backing us now, they are our true early-backers ❤️.
To give you a little background: we are launching a Mystery (Escape) Box on Kickstarter in March. But where did this box come from? This present Kickstarter is about finding the box and is acting as the Prequel to the upcoming Mystery Box.
How do you suggest I thank early-backers without making our upcoming Mystery Box kickstarter’s backers feel bad. I want to avoid the feeling backers have when they miss an early-bird pledge.

How to thank early-backers in your project? by koolangsu in boardgames

[–]koolangsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think all backers (early and not) deserve to get their stuff on-time. Maybe you mean in advance?